MPs are always ‘on the record’, says Balls
And, he said, this rule must apply to anybody ‘who seeks to take the role of moral leadership’.
He said the Government must consider setting up an inquiry into the UK’s privacy laws – and the current situation which allows people to blog and Twitter but stops newspapers publishing sensitive information.
Footballers who profit from their image by winning contracts with companies deserved to be exposed. An actor who played a part and did not seek to give a moral lead, was entitled to a private life. Continue reading “MPs are always ‘on the record’, says Balls” »
This year’s winner of The Journalists’ Charity Special Award
The Charity’s council makes the Special Award to an individual or body that has made an outstanding contribution to journalism and journalists in any way.
Archdeacon Meara was coupled with his church – the spiritual home of all journalists and situated in what was, until recently, the heart of the British newspaper industry. Continue reading “This year’s winner of The Journalists’ Charity Special Award” »
Christmas Carols at St Bride’s
Instead of ‘Sevens swans a-swimming’ – as in The Twelve Days of Christmas – the annual carol service of the Journalists’ Charity presented ‘Seven editors a-speaking’. Continue reading “Christmas Carols at St Bride’s” »
Irish Reception
David Cameron could hardly have done more to highlight the role of the Journalists’ Charity when he made a guest appearance at the annual reception: it was, said the Prime Minister, a brilliant example of the Big Society at work. Continue reading “Irish Reception” »